Hello,
Welcome to my blog, today I would like to tell you about a relatively new magnetic system from VFFOTO. This is a circular filter set that holds on the magnetic filter adapter. There is a wide range of ND filter strengths to choose from, from ND 64x to ND 32000x. However, this is not an article where I detail what strength the filters are, rather how I work with it and how satisfied I am with it. All other details can be found at https://www.vffoto.com/. However, I have tested the ND 2000x.
However, I didn’t want to test somewhere outside the village, I wanted to approach it a bit more responsibly. So I planned a photo trip in the High Tatras and at the Baltic Sea in Poland, where I promised myself that I would not take my old filtering equipment, and I would properly test the new magnetic system. And to be completely fair, I decided to not only post, but also attach the RAW files for download so everyone can get an idea of everything.
When I went into this, I had no idea about VFFOTO’s magnetic system. I owned and still own a plug-in ND filter from a competing company. With that said, I got the holder from a different company than the filter. So I was hesitant for a moment as to why I should change it. However, curiosity got the better of me and I was persuaded to try them out and after some thought I asked myself what it was about my current set of ND filters that was actually bothering me. I came to two points.
- size, bulkiness
- practicality, handling
A situation that happens commonly in landscape photography. Conditions are changing rapidly. I have to compose the scene, set up the apparatus. Next, throw the filter holder onto the lens, then mount the filter itself onto the lens. And I’m taking pictures. That’s when it occurs to me that I don’t like my composition anymore and I want to find another, perhaps more suitable one. So take everything down, recompose, file and shoot again. But it’s not exactly practical, and just then the light theatre or nice fog may be gone. I can still see my photo colleague rolling on the floor with laughter when he heard me cursing how I wasted a nice light, just because I kept sliding something up and down. It’s also worth noting that having a filter holder with you at all times, which weighs so much in the bag, is also a minus.
Now the situation with the magnetic system from VFFOTO. In the comfort of my home, I screw a magnetic filter adapter onto the lens, which actually replaces the holder from the plate plug-in system. It weighs next to nothing, and is very thin. Then you just attach your chosen magnetic filter and it holds. If you want to change the composition, you simply put the filter down, recompose it, and then attach it to the thin adapter and that’s it. The magnet does what it’s supposed to do. And that’s really it :D. Simple things tend to be the best things and I’ve come away from this system completely `PAF`. It doesn’t get any simpler than that. Enjoy the videos on how easy it is to work with the magnet system. Please note that I’m probably not going to be a youtuber, so don’t lynch me right away. 🙂
